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Tuesday, 8/23: Why Imagining? What is Equity?
- Octavia Butler. 2005. “The Book of Martha.” Bloodchild and Other Stories. Seven Stories Press.
- Deborah A. Stone. 2011. Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, 3rd Edition. Chapter 2: Equity
Tuesday, 8/30: What is Equity? Defining Equity in Action
In class: Coding scheme creation, Team formation
Tuesday, 9/6: Problem Definitions and Problem Representations
- Carol Bacchi and Susan Goodwin. 2016. Poststructural Policy Analysis: A Guide to Practice. Palgrave. Chapter 2: Making Politics Visible: The WPR Approach
- Daniel Greene. 2021. The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope. Chapter 1.
- Add reading
In class: Problem representation exercise Due: Individual Equity Action Plan coding
Tuesday, 9/13: Social Constructions and Policy Framing
In class: Framing exercise
Tuesday, 9/27: Equity Assessment: Evaluation
- Frank Farrow and Sarah Morrison. 2019. “Placing Equity Concerns at the Center of Knowledge Development. Center for the Study of Social Policy.
- Patricia Rogers. 2016. “Understanding and Supporting Equity: Implications of Methodological and Procedural Choices in Equity-Focused Evaluation.” In Evaluation for an Equitable Society, Donaldson and Picciotto (eds.).
- We All Count Blog posts (Heather Krause)
Due: Individual Policy Assessment pre-brief sketch, Friday, 9/30
Tuesday, 10/4: Reading Day
Tuesday, 10/11: Equity Assessment: Communication and Framing
In class: Team peer feedback
Tuesday, 10/25: Policy Paradigms
- Elizabeth Popp Berman. 2021. Thinking like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy. Chapter 1: Thinking Like an Economist
- Adam Kotsko. 2018. Neoliberalism’s Demons: On the Political Theology of Late Capital. Chapter 1: Introduction.
- Kim Stanley Robinson. 2020. The Ministry for the Future. Chapter Y
In class: TBD exercise
Tuesday, 11/1: Policy Signals
In class: TBD exercise Due: Individual Policy Recommendations pre-brief sketch, Friday, 11/4
Tuesday, 11/8: Election Day
Tuesday, 11/15: Policy Process and Participation
In class: Team peer feedback
Tuesday, 11/22: Group work day
Tuesday, 11/29: Policy Communication and Accountability
In class: Team presentations Due: Policy Recommendation Brief, Friday, 12/2
Tuesday, 12/6: In Conclusion
- Neil Gaiman. 1990. The Sandman. A Dream of a Thousand Cats.
- Add reading
In class: Share Policy Communication (draft) Due: Policy Communication, Tuesday, 12/13